The current domain xml parsing doesn't check if disks are specified with duplicate targets ("hda" etc.). The attached patch adds a check for this. Thanks, Cole commit 27df1653474738a2ce83c89e7bdb2c4f7327f9b6 Author: Cole Robinson <crobinso(a)dhcp-100-19-219.bos.redhat.com&gt; Date: Thu Aug 21 14:58:04 2008 -0400 Check for duplicate disk targets when parsing domain xml. diff --git a/src/domain_conf.c b/src/domain_conf.c index 6b23474..ed6cc8b 100644 --- a/src/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/domain_conf.c @@ -1955,6 +1955,12 @@ static virDomainDefPtr virDomainDefParseXML(virConnectPtr conn, } else { virDomainDiskDefPtr ptr = def->disks; while (ptr) { + if (ptr->next && STREQ(disk->dst, ptr->next->dst)) { + virDomainReportError(conn, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, + _("duplicate disk target '%s'"), + disk->dst); + goto error; + } if (!ptr->next || virDomainDiskCompare(disk, ptr->next) < 0) { disk->next = ptr->next; ptr->next = disk;